New Zealand Datsun Club

HARD!

SeEn-ThE_lIgHt wrote:I also went to instal my front shocks, and found mine are oil filled, as opposed to the Gas inserts i was sent, gas cartridge wont physically fit inside the strut tube, so plan B = ?
Im to take all the numbers off the side of the strut and report back, but beware whe your ordering yours! Pissed me off.

Oil filled have an advantage over gas. it's easy to shorten them in a lathe as you don't need a lathe with such a big spindle throat to be able to turn them.
And two, (The cool bit) you can pull then apart and slip a piece of pipe over the top of the piston, (Inside the shock itself) and then reassemble it. This will limit droop travel, and keep you lowering springs nice and captive. Wne the wof man, or law enforcement officer jacks up your ride, the piston cant fully rise, so the spring is kept between the perches nice and snug.
Plus you can replace the seals, and refill them with heavier oil, (A guy at school used gear oil back in the day!) and bang your back out terrorising the streets with captive springs.

The pipe over piston trick wont stop the shop bottoming out internally though if your springs are too soft. (Or your car is too low) Too much bottoming out can bend the shock arm.

Mate gave me a New 22mm Swaybar for it, Bit of a shit to install as it was so much larger and had to trim the spacers, but it works a TREAT!

Very jealous, wish I had one!!

Ill give you mine when I crash it

Took it for a solid ranging on sunday, through some hilly swervy bits, went really well and stuck great with the swaybar.

awesome to hear man, now do a

Another wee Clutch asjust, then more


The head should be ready this week......

Just finishing up on the A15 install. Got to plumb it up and check wires.
Miracle if it actually goes

thats gonna be super satisfying, i hope it does.